Model VIP

Vortab Insertion Panel Flow Conditioner

Vortab Flow Conditioning in a Low-Profile, Lightweight Insertion Panel
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VIP Flange Mounted

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Exclusive, Patent Pending Vortab Flat Panel Design Low Cost, Fast Installation Low Pressure Drop Significantly Reduces Flow Meter Straight-Run Requirements Repeatable Flow Profile in 3 Diameters FCI Endorsed for Use with Thermal-Dispersion Gas Mass Flow Meters Available For Pipe Sizes 2 [ 50 mm]

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Model VIP flow conditioners marry the scientifically proven superior performance of Vortab tab-type flow conditioning technology with the installation ease and cost savings of an insertion panel design.

2 Flange Mounted

4 Weld In Place

10 Flange Mounted

VIP Specifications
Materials of Construction: 316L stainless steel; contact Vortab for other materials Pipe Sizes: 2 to 40 [50 mm to 999.9 mm] standard; larger sizes available contact Vortab Installation: Weld in place or flange mounted; ANSI or DIN Shipping Weight: (approximate) 2 lbs per inch diameter [0,9 kg per 25 mm]
Ordering VIP is easy determine your pipe I.D. and whether you will weld in place or flange mount. If you are ordering a flange mount VIP, also provide flange type and rating.

The Problem
Many flow meter technologies, and particularly center-point types, require several diameters of straight pipe run to meet their published accuracy specification. This straight-run is required to provide a swirl-free and repeatable flow profile to the flow meter. However, in practical applications industrial plant piping is rich with elbows, valves, tees and real estate limitations that make these straight-runs impossible to attain. These create an unrepeatable, asymmetric and swirling flow profile ultimately resulting in flow meter inaccuracies. Further, in low-flow, wide turn-down applications, the transitional zone between laminar and turbulent flow conditions may induce additional inaccuracies.*

The Solution
Install a Vortab VIP flow conditioner. Installed in as little as 1.5 pipe diameters downstream from the flow disturbance and with the flow meter at 3 diameters downstream of the VIP, flow profile anomalies are completely neutralized so that the flow meter receives a swirl-free, symmetric and repeatable flow profile. VIP has been engineered and validated utilizing sophisticated flow modeling software tools, and in Vortabs NIST traceable flow stands under actual installation conditions with elbows, valves, headers and other disturbers. It is particularly effective with wide-turndown and/or low flow sensitive flow meter technologies (e.g. thermal dispersion) to provide a highly repeatable flow profile during laminar, transitional and turbulent flow conditions.
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* For more information, download Transitional Flow Effects on Flow Meter Measuring Accuracy from the Vortab website: www.vortab.com/SalesLiterature.htm
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